United States Seventh Circuit

Where the district court found that the Bureau of Prisons could treat defendant's medical conditions, defendant is not bedridden, and prison would not otherwise shorten his life, a conclusory assertion that circumstances are out of the heartland will not justify downward departure of the sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/16/2001
• Published 07/16/2001

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Patrick J. King, Jr. (Submitted), Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stanley L. Hill, Hill & Associates, Chicago, IL, David C. Thomas, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.